Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a nonoperative technique for feeding gastrostomy.
Feeding gastrostomy is a useful means of providing nutrition in patients unable to swallow. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy provides a means for creating a feeding gastrostomy without the necessity for laparotomy. It adds a new tool to the armamentarium of the therapeutic endoscopist.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods*; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged